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Five Keys to Our Long Term Survival

Berkonomics

Dave’s Note: William Fisher is CEO of Quicksilver Software, a software and Internet game development company in Southern California. We have a large alumni base now, some of whom bring me work now that they’re in positions of strength at other companies. Email readers, continue here.] Third is flexibility.

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

Both Sides of the Table

And that rep doesn’t just send an email to his boss – he has coffee with the head of customer service. The best companies are built on common beliefs and culture – a common sense of purpose. If you’re a West Coast company you need people on the East Coast. He downs cold ones with the head of biz dev.

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SCribe Newsletter October 2008

Technology Council

Offshore Outsourcing is Dying…Long Live Hybrid Nearshore. 4 Rules For Email Design In [.] Here are quick links to the feature articles in this issue: Magnify360 Wins VentureNet Best Of Show 5 Mistakes To Avoid When Building Your Startup “Out Of The Box” PR Tactics.

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Five ways we are surviving long term

Berkonomics

” He and his company have worked in the video game business since the very earliest generation of games in the early 1980’s. His company is one of the oldest independent studios in the business. We have a large alumni base now, some of whom bring me work now that they’re in positions of strength at other companies.

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Finding Developers is Tough Again

SoCal CTO

My company, TechEmpower , recently added a few top notch developers, but it wasn’t easy to find just the right people. In between, I got an email from CJ Cenizal asking about this exact issue: I'm growing a social gaming startup, Elevated Games ( elevatedgames.com ) as Founder and CEO. I’m sure we’d all like to hear about it.

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Interview with Satish Varma, Clorder

socalTECH

We caught up with Satish to learn more about the company and its products. What's your background, and how did the company start? We were a little early in that market, doing outsourcing, offshore, and managed crowdsourcing. Satish co-founded Clorder with Sridhar Sambangi, who was the Chief Architect of Cornerstone OnDemand.